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Pūhoi Road Night time closure update
From Sunday 1 March to Thursday 5 March Pūhoi Road will be OPEN to all traffic during the night.
All work will be done within our site boundary and won’t hinder traffic flow. I will continue to update you as things change.
For your safety, while the beams are delivered to site, there will be brief intervals where temporary stop/go traffic management will be in place on Pūhoi Road next week.
The project team are working hard to minimise disruptions, we thank you for your patience and support while we complete this important work.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Weekly Planner:
Sunday 1 March – Open
Monday 2 March – Open
Tuesday 3 March – Open
Wednesday 4 March – Open
Thursday 5 March – Open
Friday & Saturday – Open
This information will not be advertised to the general public, except Pūhoi residents and others that may be affected, the SH1 signs will not change.
Ngā mihi
Roslyn Prictor
NX2 Stakeholder and Communications Team
- 0508 P2WK INFO (0508 7295 4636)E. info@nx2group.com W. nx2group.com
- 45 Wyllie Road, Warkworth P. P.O Box 690, Warkworth 0941
Ahuroa Trek a success!
Hi Everyone,
As you may be aware, over the weekend the Ahuroa Hall Advisory Committee and Ahuroa School ran a very successful two day, fully catered horse trek around the Ahuroa Hills. Together, as a community, we have raised a significant amount of money for Ahuroa School and Hall, (approximately $8000) and we should be very proud!
As usual, it didn’t come together without a bit of blood, sweat and tears and there are a number of people in this wonderful little community who need recognizing.
Firstly, thank you to all the farmers and landowners who allowed us to ride over their properties, moved their stock , or left gates open to make it easier for us. It would not have been possible without the generosity of these people and families.
Thank you to Nicky and Dan Berger who opened up their home and farm as hosts of the trek, and, what wonderful hosts they were. Nicky coordinated a wonderful team of community members to cater four meals for the trekkers which was hailed as a great success. Dan worked tirelessly in the background as well, doing the lamb on the spit, organising landowner permissions, fixing water troughs for the grazing horses and so on.
Thank you to Rachel Jenks as well for her efforts to make this a success for our community – she helped promote and advertise the trek as well as bringing together two days of trekking over gorgeous country and amazing views! You led a great trek Rachel, thank you!
Thank you to Karyn and Sue ( and their family) , they were also wonderful hosts for Sundays lunch and contributed a lot of their time to make sure things ran smoothly, such as getting the horses drinking water to treacherous places and making sure road crossings went safely!
There was a number of parents and community members who gave up all or part of their weekend for this event. I’m not going to mention specific names, because I’m too scared I might miss one, but we are SO grateful to all these individuals and families, they were fantastic at getting stuff done and we had lots of fun to boot! Thanks Team!
Thank you to all the parents and community members who contributed their time and energy by providing a beautiful array of salads and baking to the trek, and boy, were they well received by the trekkers 🙂
We also received generous cash donations which helped pay for the food or portaloo costs – we greatly appreciate all those who contributed in this way as well. A special mention to Steven Laws who is giving us an amazing contribution of $400, simply because he wanted to support a great family event.
New World Warkworth also sponsored some of the catering costs of the trek – so lets make sure we support them too!
Finally, but specifically, I need to thank the Ahuroa Hall Advisory committee and school Board/PTFA members who were huge at making this event a success – a great team to work with!
Bring on Ahuroa Trek 2021!
From Jo Bullock
Ahuroa Hall Advisory Committee Chair
Change to Puhoi’s rubbish collection days.
Please could you let everyone know that our Puhoi rubbish collection days will be changed as from next week.
Puhoi has not been listed on the website of Econowaste, so I have phoned them on 09 4269333, and I have been advised that we can expect our orange rubbish bag and the recycling bin to be picked up on the same day. This will be on the bin day, THURSDAY. So next week locals will need to put everything out on a Wednesday night, or early on the morning of Thursday 5th March.
Econowaste Phone no. 09 4269333
Puhoi Road Closure for Motorway Works
I contacted Auckland Transport to get more information about the upcoming Puhoi Road closures for night works. This is the information I’ve received so far. I’ll send updates as I get them, since I’m on the mailing list for that now. Cheers, Mike Jensen
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Pūhoi Road closure for girder installation at Arawhiti ki Pūhoi Bridge
Our Structures team from Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth will be installing large beams/girders on the Arawhiti ki Pūhoi Bridge across Pūhoi Road during the night. For safety reasons, a small section of Pūhoi Road will be closed at night while this happens, signposted detours will be in place. There will be stop/go traffic management during the nights detailed below.
Schedule of road closures and stop/go traffic management.
Work will take place at night from 9:00 pm to 04:30 am, with regular updates to those most affected.
| Sun 01 Mar to Thur 05 Mar 2020 | Sunday 01 March – Open
Monday 02 – Closed – 9pm – 4.30am Tuesday 03 – Stop/Go only Wednesday 04 – Stop/Go only Thursday 05 – Stop/Go only Friday & Saturday – Open |
| Sun 08 Mar to Thur 12 Mar 2020 | Road Closed – 9.00pm – 4.30am
Friday & Saturday – Open |
| Sun 15 Mar to Thur 19 Mar 2020 | Road Closed – 9.00pm – 4.30am
Friday & Saturday – Open |
During the road closures, the team will use a crane to install the beams/girders on Arawhiti ki Pūhoi Bridge. The team will also be installing the bracing for the girders. There will not be road closures on Friday and Saturday nights to allow access to the local tavern and sports club.
What does this mean for you?
Pūhoi Road (blue line on below map) will be closed on dates noted above during the hours of 09:00 pm and 04:30 am, and signposted detours will be in place. As the detours will add a considerable amount of time to journeys, people are encouraged to plan their travel for outside the closure hours, where possible.
Traffic management will be on site to guide traffic. They will also be available on Pūhoi Rd to assist residents that live within the road closure area.
Safety
For your safety and ours, please ensure you follow the direction of our traffic management team and the safety measures in place. Thank you for your patience while we get this important work done.
Please don’t hesitate to contact our communications team via email: info@nx2group.com or our 24/7 freephone: 0508 P2WK INFO (0508 7295 4636) if you have any questions.
If you travel regularly during these times, we would appreciate if you could let us know in advance, so we can keep you updated.
We acknowledge the inconvenience of these works to motorists and Pūhoi residents and thank you for your understanding while we complete this important work.
A request for help at Static Water Sites
Rodney Neighbourhood Support has a request for help from our members to help people at the Static Water Sites around our District, each evening 6pm to 8pm until further notice.
Our Coordinator has been asked to handle this Project. If you can help please ring Margaret Faed our Coordinator on 0212583737 or email margaret@faed.name – The Plan to set up a roster at each site.
The request has come from the Operations Manager,
Auckland Emergency Management.
Below is the request:
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We are currently in the process of rolling out water tanks (10,000 litres) to various areas of Auckland.
What we are needing from Neighborhood support members if possible is support to man these locations from 6pm till 8pm daily until further notice. This is to support those community members who are not physically able to turn taps or move containers.
They are in the following locations
Rodney area
- Warkworth – Rodney – 2 Alnwick Street Warkworth 0910
- Helensville – Rodney – 49 Commercial Road, Helensville
- Wellsford – Rodney – 224 Rodney Street, Wellsford 0900
- Kaukapakapa – Rodney – 947 Kaipara Coast Highway Kaukapakapa 0873
- Leigh – Rodney – 4 Cumberland Street Leigh 0947
- Kumeu-Huapai – Rodney – 35 Access Road Kumeu 0810
Rodney area should be ready to go by Saturday night 22nd February 2020
If you are able to help with this please can you let me know, I will have to arrange a process where I can ensure that all sites will have someone there during those times for the foreseeable future whilst these static sites are in operation.
Thanks and regards
Mark
Operations Manager – Auckland Emergency Management
Council response to water shortages
Monday 17th February. – Auckland Council Update on Water Issues.
Weather
• There is no significant rainfall expected by MetService in the next four days.
TODAY: Using the milk tanker fleet
• The first tanker-to-tanker filling sites opened over the weekend, largely serving the north Rodney community, via commercial operators.
• A further site, focussed on servicing tanker delivery companies in the South East Auckland opens today in Beachlands
• This initiative has proven very successful, easing pressure on Watercare’s regular network of filling stations and reducing wait times for customers.
• These tanker-to-tanker sites will continue to act as an alternative filling stations for private operators. The council is not filling private tanks.
• Residents are still advised to phone their regular water supply company and, if they can’t get through first time, to keep trying.
COMING SOON: Bulk tanks
• We are working through the logistics required to install, sterilise and fit up to 20 static (10,000L capacity) tanks with pumps and taps at rural locations around the region.
• People will be able to self-fill handheld containers from these tanks.
TODAY: Community water collection
• Five community water collection locations are open from 10am to 8pm today. People can take in handheld containers for filling.
• Preliminary feedback from people at the community sites is that many businesses and organisations are offering water collection and the council’s efforts are supplementing this.
• While use of these sites is low, they remain an important part of our response.
• These sites are Wellsford Community Centre, Warkworth Town Hall, Helensville Library, Orewa Auckland Council Service Centre and Te Puru Community Centre in Beachlands.
• Two more are open on Waiheke Island from 7am-7pm. These are located at the Matiatia carpark and Onetangi Sports Park.
• Two community-led sites are operating at Piha and Kawakawa Bay.
TODAY: Showers and water filling at leisure centres
• Eight leisure centres are providing showering facilities to the public and a water filling point for handheld containers, during normal operating hours.
• These are Franklin Pool and Leisure Centre, Pukekohe; Jubilee Swimming Pool and Aquatic Centre, Pukekohe; Whiteside Pool, Waiuku; Massey Park Pool, Papakura; Stanmore Bay Pool and Leisure Centre, Stanmore Bay; Albany Stadium Pool, Albany; Glenfield Pool and Leisure Centre, Glenfield and West Wave Aquatic Centre, Henderson.
Public inquiries can be referred to the Auckland Council on 09 301 0101.
Visit https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ for the most up to date information.
Cottage available for rent
Cottage available for rent at 117 Ahuroa Valley Rd – 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom with carport, sleep-out and garden shed.
Close to Ahuroa School and only 15 minutes from Warworth and Puhoi, this cute 1930’s cottage would suit a small family and is located on a large, private and sunny north-facing section with an abundant orchard.
The property is available from 8th March 2020. For more information please contact:
Lucy Rowsell-Harris
021 924 339
lucyharris937@gmail.com
Rei Harris
021 233 300
reiharris88@gmail.com
Lost swimming masks in the school pool.
Hello everyone!
A few days ago we accidentally forgot 2 swimming masks with snorkels in the Ahuroa school pool.
Today we did not find them here. We ask the person who took them to return them please for our children.
Kravtsov’s.
0204747404
Water tankers delivering to Ahuroa
Hi, does anybody know of a water firm still willing to take a booking for Ahuroa?
Have tried a number of them but most won’t deliver outside Whangaparaoa at the moment, they are having terrible supply problems themselves. Perhaps post a reply on the Facebook page, I am probably not the only one watching the tank go down…and down…and down…
Dorothy Fowler
094224036
dorothydfowler@gmail.com
Pig Population Working Group – an update.
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Pig Population Working Group Letter